“We’re here. We are in Kyiv. We defend Ukraine,” Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said in his video address on Friday
“Good evening, everyone. The faction leader [David Arakhamia] is here, the head of the President’s office [Andrii Yermak] is here, Prime Minister [Denys] Shmyhal is here, [Mykhailo] Podoliak [presidential advisor] is here, the President is here. We are all here. Our troops are here. Citizens are here. All of us are here defending our independence, our state, and it will continue to be this way. Glory to our defenders. Glory to our heroes. Glory to Ukraine”, President Zelenskyy said in a Facebook video.
Ukrainian FM Dmytro Kuleba said, “Russia plans a massive false flag operation to ‘dehumanize’ Ukrainians and accuse Ukraine of alleged inhuman actions. Don’t trust fakes. Ukraine defends its land in a just and defensive war. Unlike Russia, we don’t target kindergartens and civilians.”
According to intelligence, Russia plans a massive false flag operation to ‘dehumanize’ Ukrainians and accuse Ukraine of alleged inhuman actions. Don’t trust fakes. Ukraine defends its land in a just and defensive war. Unlike Russia, we don’t target kindergartens and civilians.
— Dmytro Kuleba (@DmytroKuleba) February 25, 2022
According to the Ukrainian government, “the Russian occupier continues the offensive operation against Ukraine in previously selected areas with the support of long-range operational and tactical aircraft and the use of high-precision long-range weapons.”
It further said that “groups of the Armed Forces of Ukraine together with the Territorial Defense Forces hold the defense of Kyiv and previously defined borders. The enemy insidiously inflicts air and artillery strikes on civilian infrastructure. The occupying forces continue to suffer losses in personnel and equipment.”
